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Hubs and communities
In most networks, there are elements that have a huge amount of direct connections to others, and these individuals tend to be rather important. They are called super-spreaders or hubs.
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What does your Facebook network look like?•
November 2 2018, by Clara StegehuisHave you ever wondered if you can visualise your Facebook network? And what do these networks have to do with mathematics?Read article - Update
How does a video go viral on Twitter?•
October 12 2018, by Clara StegehuisThere are various parameters that determine whether a video will go viral or not. The content plays a role of course but who uploads the video is also important. What do networks have to do with a video going viral?Read article - Article
Degrees in graphs IV: degrees in large real-world networks•••
January 14 2018, by Julia Komjathy and Remco van der HofstadHow are elements in real-world networks connected? That is the question we aim to answer in this post. Most real-world networks turn out to be extremely inhomogeneous.Read article - Article
Word usages reflect network community structure on Twitter•
October 17 2017, by Marjolein de VriesNetworks can be found everywhere, and are also present in social media platforms such as Twitter. Generally, groups exist that send a lot of tweets to each other and far fewer tweets to users outside their group. In this article, the research on word usages in Twitter social groups, also called communities, will be discussed in more detail.Read article - Article
Why the whole world has seen Gangnam style••
October 4 2017, by Julia KomjathyHave you ever wondered what makes a video go viral? Or how it is possible that they can spread so quickly? Maybe you didn't (that's fine), but many economists, marketeers, and even mathematicians have wondered.Read article